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Bollywood

Litsea connorsii

Bollywood
Photo: Centre for National Biodiversity Research, CC BY 4.0

Litsea connorsii is a large rainforest tree from northeast Queensland, Australia, growing up to about 30 m tall in upland forest. It is grown mainly for its native habitat value and is not a common garden or houseplant, so care should follow upland rainforest conditions.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the first years, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, granite-derived or humus-rich soil.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical to tropical upland conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Queensland

About

Litsea connorsii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to northeast Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989. It has a conservation status of least concern.

Where it grows

It grows in upland rainforest, with a preference for granite based acidic soils, from near Cooktown to the Paluma Range National Park. The altitudinal range is from 600 to 1,200 m (2,000 to 3,900 ft).

Other Litsea plants

Litsea accedens · Litsea auriculata · Brown Bolly Gum · Litsea beddomei · Litsea bennettii · Round-leaved Bollywood · Litsea calicaris · Litsea claviflora · Litsea · Litsea curtisii · Litsea dilleniifolia · Litsea elongata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Litsea connorsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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